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Tag: running

  • Friday 5K Run

    Esplanade 5K Run I went out for a nice 5K run on The Esplanade this afternoon. My last training run before the BAA Half Marathon on Sunday. It was in the mid-70’s and nice and sunny. Just perfect. I appreciated the fact that we wont have many more of these days and before we know…

  • 6th Annual Granara-Skerry 5K Walk/Run

    This morning I ran the Granara-Skerry 5K Race in Medford, MA. The rain held off and we ended up with just about perfect running conditions. When I drove home through Medford Square one of the bank clocks said 55 degrees. The course is an out and back that starts at The American Legion Hall on…

  • Lake Winnie Weekend

    We had a great weekend in New Hampshire running the 24th Annual Fred Brown Lake Winnipesaukee Relay Race. The Melrose Running Club had four teams this year and we all ran pretty strong. Our fastest team came in 2nd out of 29 teams in their category (MIXED OPEN) and 17th out of 71 total teams.…

  • Sunday Long Run

    Sunday Long Run recap The Sunday long run today was 16.2 miles but I opted for the 8 mile course instead. I had planned on this course anyway, but some yard work from yesterday was haunting me this morning. I copied and pasted my splits from Garmin Connect. Split Time Distance Avg Pace Summary 1:19:15.0 8.00…

  • Physical Therapy and Wisdom

    Physical Therapy I had my fourth PT session this morning. Hilda and Nick over at Harvard-Vanguard in Somerville are helping me recover from my hamstring problems. It is a slow process and I am hoping that eventually I will be able to put this injury behind me (no pun intended) and get back to my…

  • London Olympics, August 7th, 2012

    London Olympics 2012 I have been watching events out of sequence on my DVR and staying up too late. I watched Oscar Pistorius “Blade Runner” last night in the 400M semi-finals.It was really quite remarkable. I wondered if he had some sort of advantage because he could use different “blades” for different conditions, or might…